Azimuthal Asymmetries: Access to Novel Structure Functions
arXiv:hep-ph/0211326 · doi:10.1063/1.1607174
Abstract
One of the most interesting consequence of non-zero intrinsic transverse momentum of partons in the nucleon is the nontrivial azimuthal dependence of the cross section of hard scattering processes. Many of the observable asymmetries contain unknown functions which provide essential information on the quark and gluon structure. Several of them have been studied in the last few years; we discuss their qualitative and quantitative features in semi-inclusive DIS.
6 pages, LaTeX, 7 eps figures, Talk presented at the 15th International Spin Physics Symposium, Spin 2002, Brookhaven National Laboratory, September 9-14, 2002